I have had pain all around my ankle area for several months since this last summer. I wore those cute flip flops thinking that it made my feet cute too. lol. I won't be doing that this next summer. The pain was so sore that I had a hard time walking. I read in your post about Himalayan sea salts. I have been using the Himalayan Pink sea salt fine crystals for quite some time instead of the regular sea salt. I like the taste better. Anyways, I had some and I right away put a tablespoon in my foot bath and soaked for 45 mins. I felt these sharp knife stabbing pains shooting out of my toes and my heals and the rest of my feet. I also felt the knife like sensation shooting out of my fingers! It was hard to keep my feet in the water but I did it and to my amazement, the next day the pain was almost gone. I did another treatment the next night and the same feelings came out of my feet. The next day the pain was completely gone. I walk in the mornings outside with my next door neighbor and I was able to keep up with her. This is so amazing to me. I still have those sharp pains coming out of my heels sometimes when I am sitting still. I wonder what that can be? RG said that hookworms enter through the feet and then latch onto the intestinal tract. I wonder if these are hookworms that I am feeling? Any thoughts? What is the name of the book on salt and the body again? I would like to purchace it and do some research. I need to know what a good salt does for the body internally. Thanks again Fledging, I love your posts. Keep posting, we are all learning from you. Donna